Burlington Northern Manitoba Ltd GP9 2 leaves CN's Ft. Rouge yard in Winnipeg with a transfer.
No missing this ex-NP unit's pedigree, what with that magnificent bell. This was once a passenger unit, thus the "torpedo boat" air tanks.
Three Ohio Central units line up in the early morning in Youngstown, including a former SP Tunnelmotor. Now that Ohio Central has been bought out, what will become of these units?
VIA #2 prepares to depart Winnipeg as a CN freight rolls by on the main.
About to clatter over the diamonds at Milwaukee Junction, GTW GP9 4914 (former passenger engine; note "torpedo tube" air tanks on the roof) is caught on this fine June day in 1979. What's interest... (more)
Rock Island's Silvis shops rebuilt Geeps for Conrail in the late 1970's. Here we see a westbound local out of Silvis with one of CR's fresh GP-8s tucked in for a shakedown run.
I thought it was pretty cool to see a GP7 pulling double stacks!
Two GP40-2s lead the west bound Saginaw-Clare local.
C&O GP7 5800 is working the piggy-back ramp at Dean yard as it passes derailed C&O NW2 5201. 5201 was run off the end of the tracks by a substitute crew of supervisors during a strike at one of th... (more)